WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

En nu de vraag: over welke onderwerpen zou je in deze podcast meer willen horen? Of wie zou je willen horen? Wat of wie mis je? Tips meer dan welkom 💡 Benieuwd? Luisteren kan overal waar je podcasts luistert (Spotify, Apple, Podimo etc.), bijvoorbeeld hier: open.spotify.com/show/1ffecyd... 🧵 5/5

Het was een eer om afgelopen week op @historicivertellen.bsky.social te mogen vertellen over mijn werk: zowel in het @rmoudheden.bsky.social als daarbuiten! Volg @historicivertellen.bsky.social vooral voor meer verhalen van andere historici ✅

Onlangs won Janna Coomans met haar boek 'Dievenland' de Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025. Voor ons nieuwste nummer 'Rafelranden van Amsterdam' schreef ze een boeiend artikel: 'Precariteit, dieven en de middeleeuwse Amsterdamse rafelrand'. Nieuwsgierig geworden? Bestel dit nummer hier 👇

Great sum-up of our roundtable on the power and powerlessness of so-called “flagship” history journals at the last Historikertag (in German). A huge thanks to its authors, Mia Schumacher and Charlotte Sophie Metternich www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...

My review of Chris Wickham's ‘The Donkey and the Boat’ has been published in the Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken scientific journal @dhiroma.bsky.social You can read it in #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Each year I help some students in the fine art of article writing, and every now and then one makes it to print! Very proud of Tim Hertogh (Oslo/MINiTEXTS) and his article 'The Lorscher Bienensegen is an Amulet: Using Manuscript Margins to Make Amulets' #MedievalSky mtc-journal.org/index.php/mt...

Delighted to see that the Special Issue of Scrineum Rivista that I was involved in editing is now out, featuring music, magic, maledictions and mystical lemurs, as well as many other subjects pertaining to medieval manuscripts! It is available Open Access here: www.serena.unina.it/index.php/sc...

A truly excellent book, highly recommended thonyc.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/s...

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

JOB Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400, University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

It frustrates me that fields such as history are increasingly becoming something of a free-for-all. Imagine the reverse, in which a bona fide history professor publishes a polemic book claiming to ‘lift the veil on secrets’ of, say, structural engineering. It’d be considered absurd, and rightly so.

Nog twee weken en dan zijn er nieuwe Van Hamel-lezingen (toegang gratis): stichting.vanhamel.nl/Nieuws:VHL2025 @celticuu.bsky.social @oudgermanisten.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social @svenmeeder.bsky.social

Announced tonight: next action - HE strike on december 9. Mark your calendars! www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...

The occupations of the 12 months #medievalcalendar München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; f.91v

Héél trots zijn de Utrechtste historici van de middeleeuwen op Janna Coomans en haar welverdiende Libris Geschiedenis Prijs! @humanitiesuu.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open on the theme of WOMEN AND THE WEIRD The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!

If you‘re saying „we just need to train it more“ - we can‘t. We‘ve reached the stage of enshittification. The web has been flooded with incestuous data. And that‘s after it crawled all of your work illegally.

Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki rmblf.be/2025/10/26/p...

It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!

Looking at all the people pushing all the AI as if it's the next big thing and for no reason at all I suddenly find myself thinking about the life, career, death and legacy of one Thomas Midgley Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

(Also, I would point out that he wasn't a crank, he was one of the leading scholars of his day working on one of its most important topics, and he should be a constant memorial to modern researchers: one day all this will be a punchline.)

Les actes du colloque sur les populations fictionnelles sont désormais en ligne ! J'y signe notamment l'article "« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel". Ça parle de moines, séries et musique (entre autres). www.fabula.org/colloques/do...

Out of all the random non-English phrases to use in an English text, I feel that "tête-à-tête" is by far the most satisfying. It's just got this certain... I don't know what...

Apart from 'interest' and 'curiosity', what else could be _piqued_?

At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project: www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...

It's been digitized and available online for over a decade. When you're looking for people to follow, maybe stick with the ones that don't keep recycling old news.

Can anyone direct me to scholarship on book-binding in sixteenth-century France? (Texts in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish or Italian are welcome.)

Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.

Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images

yes, yes, it's true that [insert criticisms of genAI] but you've failed to take into account that i'm a lazy piece of shit with no taste or discernment, and deserve money and praise for that

The Innovation Illusion: Most of what’s worth knowing in education isn’t new, and most of what’s new isn’t worth knowing.

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

Arnoud S. Q. Visser ( @arnoudvisser.bsky.social), On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-it-All (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Dinsdag verschijnt mijn boek 'Woord voor woord: de verleden tijd van taal'. Daarin vind je onder andere 70 grote infographics. Vandaag is het tijd voor preview nr. 2: 'Een suikerreis':

New issue of Scrinium Vol. 21, No. 1 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Offre d’emploi – Assistant Professor of Art History, American University of Paris rmblf.be/2025/10/03/o...

0,75 Universitätsassistent:in Praedoc "Hochmittelalter" (Univ. Wien) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today. h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

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Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

@anotheraspirin.bsky.social Thank you for raising this. We’re updating this wording in our platform. To clarify, we will use this data solely to improve our publishing platform. Wiley remains committed to transparency and responsible AI, in line with our AI Principles.

Jobs For Medievalists Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (Full-time) The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Melvin R. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar: werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

Publication – Suzette van Haaren, « The Digital Medieval Manuscript. Material Approaches to Digital Codicology » rmblf.be/2025/10/01/p...

The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below. 👇